I've Got Rights Lyrics

Artist: Hank Williams, Jr.
Album: Family Tradition

I went down to the Mary Carter paint storeI said give me one of them Smith and Wesson magnum forty foursCause there's a man that the law let loose and justice was not doneThis man killed my wife and my only little sonI'll never forget the way he looked all through the trialHe had his big named lawyer and he had that smirkey smileOh yeah he got you off on a technicalityBut you'll have to grow wings and fly to ever get away from meCause I got rights I got rights tooAnd this time there won't be no damn lawyer and system to protect youBut I'm gonna read you I'm gonna read you your rightsYou gotta right to know that you're gonna go to hell one of these black nights

When the trial was over he had the nerve to say that's the way it goesI said well hoss you better get you some corksCause you're gonna have to plug up a few holesGuess he thought I was talkin' just to pass away timeBut it kinda looks different now on his knees beggin' for his lifeHey I got rights I got some rights too...No this time there ain't no damn lawyers and systems to save you

Comments/Interpretations

by kalli bean on 2/19/2010 1:09pmthis is a really good song i love it!!

by Honor and Integrity on 5/1/2011 9:59amThis is a very very good song! I wish more good people would practice vigilante justice in this great country for real. We could deter a lot of crime if a criminal had more to worry about than just how many nights he will spend in jail. But rather how many holes he will have blasted into him by an armed citizen. Hoo-Rah!

by Kevin on 10/12/2012 10:58amHank use to buy guns from Mary Carters all the time. Back in his whiskey bent and hell bound days lol. Love the song it hits a nerve to justice gone wrong all over the country.